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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney settled an energy pact with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sparking tensions between Canada and the U.S. "Mark Carney" by World Economic Forum is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

China-Canada energy pact damages relationship with US

Zarish Hussain, Eastside Staff January 29, 2026

On Jan. 15, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a landmark energy pact aimed at expanding cooperation on oil and gas developments, as well as boosting investments in technology, agriculture, and other industries....

China implements AI courses in classrooms

China promotes AI usage in classrooms

Mariam Zaghloul, For Eastside September 13, 2025

“Alright, children,” your teacher says, “It's AI Instruction Time!” Wait a minute. AI in schools? In the Western World, that raises a couple of red flags. However, during the fall of 2025, China presents a mandatory AI Course, starting at primary...

The Chinese surveillance balloon as seen from the Earth's surface.

Chinese ‘spy balloon’ flies over the United States

Matthew Rentezelas, Eastside Global Commentary Editor February 11, 2023

On February 1, 2023, civilians in Billings, Montana, became some of the first witnesses to quite an unusual sight. In the blue sky above them, a large white object seemed to be floating in the distance. Hysteria soon began to grip Americans nationwide...

China has seen a severe downturn in its real estate market this past year.

China faces real estate crisis

Batul El Barouki, Eastside Global Commentary Editor November 16, 2022

In 2021, China’s real estate market was worth a whopping 18 trillion yuan ($2.65 trillion), according to Al Jazeera. The same property market that ranks China as the second-largest economy in the world, has seen a staggering decline in growth since...

The decline of fertility worldwide

Birth rates decline around the world

Aaralyn Camp, Eastside Staff October 30, 2022

  In a 1950s household, the average family would have seven seats around the dinner table, two for the parents and five for the kids. Now, the average family has less than three children per household. Overpopulation is so emphasized that the...

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China continues implementation of COVID-19 lockdown

Vivian Rong, Eastside Online Editor-in-Chief October 20, 2022

In China, it’s still head-to-toe hazmat suits and young children knowing to stick their tongues out when seeing a cotton swab. While it seems the lives of those in other countries, including America, are continuing on from COVID-19 with travel and school,...

Police officer at terminal after pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong.

Paranoia is rocking the Communist Party in China

Batul Elbarouki, Eastside Global Commentary Editor July 2, 2021

Are paranoia and suspicion the new logic? The Communist Party of China greatly relies on universal influences after the Cultural Revolution weakened China and made them extremely poor. The Communists in Beijing believed that if they adopted “foreign...

The United States relies on China too much

The United States relies on China too much

Alon Goldfinger, Eastside Editorial Assistant August 31, 2015

A government relies on another country so much that when one has an economic depression, so does the other. Then the country thinks: maybe we should have been less reliant. During the past week, the Chinese government has begun to bring itself back...